Sweet Magnolias' showrunner talks with Deadline about new romances in Season 4, a potentially game-changing finale cliffhanger and Season 5.

After a year and a half away from Serenity, South Carolina, Sweet Magnolias returned for a fourth season on Netflix in February 2025 and the season ended on quite a cliffhanger. The series, based on Sherryl Woods’ book series of the same name,

With season 4 ending on a cliffhanger about Maddie’s future in Serenity, Anderson told Tudum, “I deeply, deeply hope that we get a season 5 so we can answer [whether the Magnolias can survive Maddie moving to New York].”